날아라 펭귄 (2009): Besetzung, Handlung & Streaming

Released in 2009, 날아라 펭귄 is a drama film directed by Yim Soon-rye, running about 110 minutes.

What it’s about. Seung-yun is stressed out because he is sent to several private academies after school. His mother reproves him for not living up to her expectations. His father takes pity on him for being nagged on by his mother all the time... Ju-hun, a new employee at a company, is a vegetarian and cannot drink alcohol at all. Chang-su thinks Ju-hun is eccentric and is displeased with him... Su-hyeong sent his son and daughter with his wife to study abroad, but he grows tired of staying alone in his empty house... SONG has lived with her authoritarian husband without any serious problems, but she does not want to stay with him anymore. GWON, an old man, pretends to be calm in the face of his wife’s request for divorce. But actually he can’t do anything by himself... These are not unfamiliar fictional events but rather they reflect the lives of ordinary people in Korea at the present time. Through their stories, shows us how a society imposes normalcy on its people in their daily lives.

Who’s in it. 날아라 펭귄 stars Moon So-ri as Song Hee-jeong, Ahn Do-gyu as Choi Seung-yoon, Choi Gyu-hwan as Lee Joo-hoon and Cho Jin-woong as Han Chang-soo, among others.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch 날아라 펭귄 page.

If you liked it. Fans of 날아라 펭귄 tend to enjoy Die Verurteilten, Der Pate, Schindlers Liste and Der Pate - Teil II.